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Transalpina is a national road in the Parang Mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is the highest road in Romania, having the highest point in Urdele Pass (at 2,145 m). The road connects the cities of Novaci in Gorj County and Sebeș in Alba County. Being a mountain road, it is closed during the winter.
Transalpina crosses four counties - Gorj, Vâlcea, Sibiu, Alba - crossing the Parâng Mountains from south to north, the highest altitude having it on a portion of about 20 km, in Gorj and Vâlcea counties, where it presents itself as a " the ridge road "passing a short distance from the peaks of Dengheru (2,084 m), Păpușa (2,136 m), Urdele (2,228 m), Iezer (2,157 m) and Muntinu (2,062 m).

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Description
Transalpina is a national road in the Parang Mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is the highest road in Romania, having the highest point in Urdele Pass (at 2,145 m). The road connects the cities of Novaci in Gorj County and Sebeș in Alba County. Being a mountain road, it is closed during the winter.
Transalpina crosses four counties - Gorj, Vâlcea, Sibiu, Alba - crossing the Parâng Mountains from south to north, the highest altitude having it on a portion of about 20 km, in Gorj and Vâlcea counties, where it presents itself as a " the ridge road "passing a short distance from the peaks of Dengheru (2,084 m), Păpușa (2,136 m), Urdele (2,228 m), Iezer (2,157 m) and Muntinu (2,062 m).

Wonders of Romania